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July 13, 2012 at 12:47 am
#20765
Windell Oskay
Keymaster
There is no such list, because pixels correspond to angles, not to inches.
For each motor, a movement of 3200 pixels corresponds to one complete revolution. If you are printing on an egg that is one inch in diameter, then 3200 pixels corresponds to 3.14 inches– in the horizontal direction. If you are printing on an egg that is 3.5 inches in diameter, then 3200 pixels corresponds to about 11 inches– in the horizontal direction. If you are printing on a ball that is 3.5 inches in diameter, then the distance scales in both the horizontal and vertical are 11 inches per 3200 pixels.
If you are printing on chicken eggs, the total vertical range available to you is about 800-1000 pixels. If you want to test your range without “using up” eggs, just set your pen in high enough that it doesn’t touch the egg when in the down position, and run a test print that way.